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15 changes: 11 additions & 4 deletions src/doc/reference.md
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Expand Up @@ -842,7 +842,7 @@ module declarations should be at the crate root if direct usage of the declared
modules within `use` items is desired. It is also possible to use `self` and
`super` at the beginning of a `use` item to refer to the current and direct
parent modules respectively. All rules regarding accessing declared modules in
`use` declarations applies to both module declarations and `extern crate`
`use` declarations apply to both module declarations and `extern crate`
declarations.

An example of what will and will not work for `use` items:
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -2564,12 +2564,19 @@ array is mutable, the resulting [lvalue](#lvalues,-rvalues-and-temporaries) can
be assigned to.

Indices are zero-based, and may be of any integral type. Vector access is
bounds-checked at run-time. When the check fails, it will put the thread in a
_panicked state_.
bounds-checked at compile-time for constant arrays being accessed with a constant index value.
Otherwise a check will be performed at run-time that will put the thread in a _panicked state_ if it fails.

```{should-fail}
([1, 2, 3, 4])[0];
(["a", "b"])[10]; // panics

let x = (["a", "b"])[10]; // compiler error: const index-expr is out of bounds

let n = 10;
let y = (["a", "b"])[n]; // panics

let arr = ["a", "b"];
arr[10]; // panics
```

### Range expressions
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